Summit Speakers
Meet the 2025 Speakers
Daniela Medina, MSW
Deputy Chief of Direct Practice, City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
California Surgeon General
Tolbert Small, MD
Doctor to the Black Panther Party
Bernadette (Bernie) Lim, MD, MS,
Founder and Executive Director of Freedom Community Clinic
Monica Hahn, MD, MPH, MS
Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine
Maya Blow
Founder of Soul Flower Farm
Ruben Canedo
Director of Strategic Equity Initiatives at UC Berkeley
Jenabi Pareja
Co-Founder of Understory Oakland
Sophie Willmore
Co-Executive Director, Feed Black Futures
Jess Ghannam, PhD
Palestinian-American psychologist and professor, UCSF School of Medicine
La Roux Pendleton, MPH
Bay Area Program Officer, Stupski Foundation
Ashley Monterrosa
Co-founder, The Sean Monterrosa Project
Viviana Rodriguez-Smith
Founder of E14 Gallery Oakland
Michelle Monterrosa
Co-founder, The Sean Monterrosa Project
Kathryn Hart
Farm Steward and Volunteer Coordinator, Planting Justice
Liza Rankow, PhD, MHS
Founder, One Life Institute
Sol Mercado
Reentry Coordinator, Planting Justice